Hair-waving implement



lAp 17, 1 928. l W. L..NA,VNCOLAS HAIR wAvING IMPLEMENT Filed May lO. 192'? m. E N

INVENTOR l WLQNanc-olbs BY .um

ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 17, 1928.

UNITE WILLIAM L. NANcoLAs, or MODESTO, CALIFORNIA.y

HAIR-WAVING :IMPLnMnNn Application led May 10,

hair by any person without the experience and skill heretofore necessary in performing 'this operation.

- By means of my improved iron therefore 'women can have their hair waved in their N 4quently attendinga visit to a specialist and.

without having to paywfor the operation. f ,y '-,While my iron isrespecially designed 'for own homes byafmember ofthe family or other person,'without theinconvenience frehands of professionals vsince it will enable v their workto be speededup, facilitated-l and 'rendered more certain.

fA further object of thellinventionvis to produce asimple and inexpensive device and 4yet one Vwhich will be exceedingly effective "for 'thepurpose for which it is designed.

`These objects I accomplish by means of `Such vstructure-I and relative arrangementv of parts as will fully appear by aperusal of the-following 'specification and'clalms.

"ffFig. 2-is a similar view openor spread.

In the drawings-similar characters of ref# verenceirdicate corresponding parts in the several views:vv

Fig, 1; is a side elevationv of my ycurling iron showing the Yjaws in their closed positions.v f

with the jaws.

Fig-B is an enlarged Vfragmentary longi-' tu'dinal section ofthe device.

' Fig. i4 is anenlarged cross section on the` Referrrrgnow more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings, the numerals 1 and 2 denote a pair of operating handles of suitablegdimensions pivoted together at one 'end as at 3 and having rigid jaw supporting vbars 4: and f5 respectively projecting beyond the 'pivot andarranged` in Tspaced and parallel relation to'eachbther whenV the handles are f broughtV together.

- .'FiXed' on the bars are. lower and upperzhair :engaging jaw Vunitscomprising male and female members 6 'and 7 respectively,

Aextendinglengthwise of the ybars and chan- The sidesof. the members-6 arenbothformed of a row narrow and closelyV spaced teeth 8f Oneside of the member 7 is formeduas av j nel shaped in cross section.

of lon home `use -it will be equallyfvaluable in thel placebysuitable means such7 as longitudivconnection v to a convenient outlet 1927. seralfNoi. 190,204.v

fsolid plate,while t-he other side hasta number ofl relatively'short and4 widely spaced Ateeth 9. The lower edge ofthe solid vside member of the jaw 7 has an outwardly .and K downwardly angled lip 10,arranged to. co-I operate withv a similarly idisposed lip V11 .projecting from the adjacent outer end of thejaw 6, justbeyond the base of vtheteeth 8 thereon. j e

vSlidable on'the jaw member6at the bot-V tom and inwardly thereof is. a channel shaped sli'de12, whose sides-are` formed. as

rows vof narrow teeth lspaced transversely y from theteeth 8 and .practically they same height as said teeth. .The `slide is heldv in nally spaced strapsnle lprojecting through slotsv the'adjacent :jawmember and Aengag-` ingthei'rbar 4. The .slide ismanip'ulated lat wlll by .the person grasping.y thehandles-by any suitable r`means suchas 'a finger trigger lor ,pad 15` disposed.alongsidetheimplement, l preferably adjacentV the pivot 3 land con,

slide j by a extending l.housing 18, which whenfche jaws are .closed depends between-the teethl 13of theslide in transverse clearance v.relation therewith. The current conducting cable A19 of the element `.preferably.extends inside the corresponding handle totheuonter'end .of the same to form aflexible Yextension cordjfor;

4or ulight socket. Disposed between the .adjacentrows 'of teeth` v13 and x8 are, 1 longitudinal bars k2O which are connected to the-bar 4 byjg ivoted-l 4links 21 Vvinthe ends of said bars.l Pivotally connected. to4 thebars20 at-the handle .end thereof and in; common with the pivotal connection of 'the adjacentflinks ff 21 therewith are links 22, the opposite Wends of .which are pivoted onto :the opposite barv 5. j The ar-v rangement of the links 22 is such that when the handles are closedfandthe jaws are ad. jacent .each other, the bars 20 will be -dislposed -at ithe bottomof the jaw 6. fAs'thef.

handles are openedand thejaws are spread aparttheqbarswill be raised from the jaws until they.` move above the points lof'the'te'eth y8and ,13, asshownin Fig. 2.

In operationy the operator graspsf thehandles and opens the jaws, holding the implement so that the lips 10 and 11 are toward the head. The amount of hair to be treated at one operation is then held away from the head and the tool manipulated so that this hair will pass between the jaws, resting temporarily on the bars which are then raised. rThe jaws are then closed snugly so that the hair will be pinched or clamped between the lips l0 and ll, while freely passing between the teeth of the various rows. Vith the closing of the jaws the housing of the heating element comes in contact with the hair confined between the jaws, as will be evident, and imparts the necessary heat to the hair,

lThe hair will then have a slight wave imparted thereto in a vertical transverse plane owing to the offset alinement of the clamp-r ing lips, the top of the release bars 20 and the bottom face of the element housing. Up to this time the slide is not 'disturbed but as soon as the jaws are firmly closed as above desc'ribed, the linger pad l5 is engaged by the thumb or finger so as to draw the slide along. Since the hair is disposed between. and engaged by the movable slide teeth and the relatively stationary jaw teeth as well, this movement of the slide causes the hair to be drawn longitudinally of the implement into a transverse horizontal wave between the stationary jaw. teeth. lf the slide is 'left in this position vfor some time and the jaws are likewise held closed, the hair will retain the wavedformation into which it has been thus drawn. When moving the slide no pull on the hair is imparted to the head, sincey the lips 10 and 11 hold the hair clamped against movement adjacent the head, while at the same time said hair is free to slide between the teeth on the oppoiste side of the implement.

When the jaws are again opened the bars automaticaly raise as before described and clearthe hair from the teeth. rlhe implement may be then readily disassociated from the hair `without danger of the latter becoming entangled in the teeth or being pulled and without disturbing the formed wave. The member 15 is then released, whereupon the. slide will automatically return to its original position, due to the action of a spring 12a connected to the bar 4 andone of the straps 14. VThe implement is then ready for the next curling operation.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail'the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations A from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a. departure from thejspirit ofthe invention, as del-med by the appended Claims.

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A hair-waving implement comprising opposed jaws between which the hair to be waved is placed transversely, heating means for the hair mounted in connection with one jaw, means for clamping the hair along one side of the jaws, means on the other side of the jaws preventing movement of the hair longitudinally of the implement while lpermitting free sliding movement of the hair transversely of the jaws', and means' for drawing the hair lengthwise in the-implement between the sides of the jaws.A

2. A hair-waving 'implement comprising opposed jaws between which thehair to be waved is placed transversely, heating means t for the hair mounted in connection with one jaw, cooperating clamping lips along the jaws at one side and between which the hair passes, cooperating upstanding teeth'along the opposite side of the jaws between'which the hair also passes, and means for drawing the hair longitudinally of the jaws between" said teeth and the clamping lips.y Y

3.*A hair-waving implement comprising opposed jaws between which the hair to be waved is placed transversely, heating means for the hair mounted in connection with one jaw, means for drawin the hair lengthwise of the implement toorm a wave therein intermediate the opposite sides of the jaws, upstandingteeth provided with the aws and between which the hair is disposed when the jaws are closed, bars on which the hair rests arranged in connection with the jaws lengthwise thereof, links pivoting the bars at one end onto one jaw, and link means between the other end of the bars and the jaws arranged to cause said bars to lie adjacent the base of the teeth when the jaws are closed, and to be moved so that thehair supporting surface of the bars lies outwardly of the points ofthe teeth when the jaws are' spread.

4. A hair waving implement including a pair of opposed jaws, male and female jaw units; the male unit comprising a longitudinal element and teeth along the sides thereof projecting toward the female jaw unit; and the female unit comprising a lon gitudinal element, teeth along one side thered of disposed outwardly of the corresponding row of teeth of the male unit, and a plate along the other side of the last named element disposed outwardly of the other row of teeth of the male unit; hair clamping lips along the adjacent edges of said plate and first named unit, and a heating device mounted on said last named element and projecting toward the other element in the space between the rows of teeth ofthe male unit in spaced relation to said teeth.

5. A hair waving implement including a pair of opposed jaws, male and female jaw v dinal element and.- teeth along row. of teeth ofthe male unit7 and a plate along the other side'of the last named element disposed outwardly fof the other row of teeth of the malevunit; hair clamping lips f along the adjacent edges lof said plate and first named unit, the hair being arranged tol Vextend transversely of the jaws between the teethand the lips, and a slide mounted on one unit for longitudinal movement'r'elative thereto' and having teeth along therrsides thereof disposed inwardly ofthe rows of teethV of the male unit.

6. structure as inv claim 5.,'w'ith bars Y disposed between the adjacentisets vof teeth Yof the slideand male jaw unit, and means connecting the bars to the -j aw units to cause said bars to lie adjacent the base of the teeth when the jaws are closedA and to be moved to the points of the -teeth'- when'therjaws .areV spread. v

7. A hair ,wavingy implement inclding opposed jaws betweenwhich thefhairvto be wavedA is' placed transversely, cooperating `and opposed teethalong the jaws at, one side thereof, and clamping lips between the jaws "along the opposite sides thereof.:

8. A structure as inclaim 7 withmeans disposed l between saidv lips and Vteethl for 'drawing the adjacent portion of the hair lengthwise of the' implement.V f

In testimony whereof I affix m 'signature. WILLIAM L. NA. COLAS'.` 

